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' I HANDLE I Filed April 20, 1948 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 [III INVENTOR. Zea Canning/7am Patented Mar. 24, 1953 entren- PATENT OFFICE assaoss H ANDLE Zed: Gunningham', oieveianat 01i'iozippiicatibin'ap'rimo, 194*s seti'aL-Nb. 22 ,632,

(01. sec-emf wok/H1183 invention relates to removable" handle for vessels Sit-ch? ass-Themes bottles, c'ook'inguten'sils and the-like; and thepri ary object or the invention is 0' provide handles wliich can be easily and quickly instailedf on and removed fromsuch vessel's, whereby" such vessels; not ordinarily so equipped, can be conveniently and e'asily carried, manipulated; and hung up v-Jhen: net b'ein car:- ried or manipulated;

- Another important object-oi the inventionis to provide? handles of the: above indicated character which 633111136 easily and inexpensively manufactur'ed in ruggedi-serviceable, and attractive form.

Other important objects and advantageous features of the inventiorrwill be apparent from the fiellowing description and: accompanying drawings, wherein, merely for purposes of; illustration, two specific. embodiments of the, invention are set forth'in'deta'ih Inithedrawings Figure Lissa-topplanviewfofi a handle: adapted avThermosbottlez or:like vessel, shov methane-nu loosenedin full lines. and contracted iillifiibttedilifiesh FignueZris a. sidev elevation showing thefh'aifidle I appiie d tdai lhermos bottle. i

, adapted for use with handleless cooking utensils and the like, showing the bail turned down to one side, and. the ends of the band connected.

,Figure 6 is a side elevation, showing the same handle applied to a cooking utensil.

Figure 7 is an enlarged fragmentary section taken on the line 7-1 of Figure 5.

Figure 8 is an enlarged fragmentary side elevation showing the manner of connection of the bail with the band and the means for stopping the bail in the horizontal depressed position and in the erect position, and

Figure 9 is a transverse vertical section taken on the line 99 of Figure 8.

Referring in detail to the drawings, and first to Figures 1 through 4, the handle therein shown comprises a flat strip of metal or other suitable spring material bent into generally circular shape to define an open band 9 of substantially the same diameter as the body of the Thermos bottle It below the upper flange l I. The ends of the band 9 normally spring apart when not connected, so as to permit the band to expand and free itself from the bottle sothat it is easily removed there- "the banu ends.

1 Means for'conneictingthe efids-"o'ftlieband g itaround?tiie sottie iecom prises, an", outset inwardly"diiectedhtioli F2" on one end, and an: outwardly directed hairpin ber'iigl 16 on tiie'oth'er endoftiieibandi the hook I: bein adapteu tp be snapped" cvertiiekiend is to hold theband tightly constricted around the body or theibottlebelow thefiang'e' rii ,7 v I j At d metrically; oppo ite" sides of" thebariu e and at 99 degrees iromahetandends; the hand'is bent todefine' iiatt'ened iiap leopeor'ey s leproviding receivers forflattan ears- 15 which have lower portions It insertedin the" eyes with: cutwardiy lie anges M l I owerendsretain'- ably engaging edges of the eyes M the under and outwardly outset defiance upper portions it which retaiiiably rest upon the upper" edgesor the eyes Mian cecperatewith the stages M in anthorn-1g thehail-ears I 5% placednthe eyes.

The upper: pdi tiofls' or" the new cars are: trait ersed by rivets le which: constitute ivota connecti'on's ior therendsms'the handlebailizlliwhich are position'edi at therlaterallyi inward sidesof: the ears. The: ball: 2 0. may lie of' thefsaniestripi stock aslth'e 'bandaiii The embodiment of the? invention shown". in Figures 5'thnough 8;. especialltt suitable fen use with cooking; utensilsssuchs as a: handleless: boiler 2-], comprises a band 9a, similar toi the band 9 of the: above described embodiment for: securely encircling the;v utensil; 2 ibelow the upperflange Ila thereof, the ends of the band being connectible by a similar hook IM and projection l3a. The band 9a is also provided with eyes 14a like the eyes [4, in which are similarly anchored bail ears [5a.

The bail ears 15a differ from the bail ears 15 in that the upper ends of the L-shaped upper portions l8 are modified to provide laterally inwardly projecting, downwardly directed L-shaped stop lugs 23 at the corners on the same side as the ends of the band 9a, which function to engage the then upper edges of the associated ends of the bail 20a, and stop the bail in horizontal position when pivoted on the rivets I9a out of vertical position in a direction away from the band ends. The same edge of the bail ends are notched, as indicated at 24 to engage the adjacent sides of the lugs 23 when the bail 20a is raised from the depressed position or from an intermediate position, such as is exemplified in Figure 6, to the vertical position shown in dotted lines in Figure 8, advantageously slightly past center, whereby the bail is maintained in vertical position.

A hanging loop 25, provided on the band 9a midway between the eyes Ma on the side opposite the band ends, comprises a flat strip bent to provide an elliptical loop positioned above the band, as shown in Figure 7, with one dependent end 26 bent under the lower edge of the band, brought up along the outer side of the band, bent over the upper edge thereof, and downwardly along the inner side of the band. The remaining dependent loop end 21 is inserted and frictionally held between the first flight 28 of the loop end 26 and the final flight 29 of the end 26. The loop 25 is positioned within the ends of an outset portion 39 formed in the band 911, whereby the loop is prevented from moving along the band.

What is claimed is:

1. In a handle for a cylindrical vessel, a substantially fiat circular spring band for encircling the vessel, said band being split to provide normally separated free ends, means on said free ends arranged to be interengaged to releasably lock said band on the vessel, said band being deformed at diametrically opposite points to define flat loops projecting radially outwardly from said band with respect to the center of the band, bail ears having lower portions inserted in said loops, said lower portions having vertically spaced lateral projections retainably engaging the upper and lower edges, respectively, of said loops, said bail ears having upper portions comprising horizontal portion projecting outwardly from said loops and vertical portions rising from the outward ends of said horizontal portions, and a relatively wide aperture bail extending diametrically across said band and having ends pivoted to the inward sides of said vertical portions of said bail ears whereby in depressed horizontal positions of said bail said bail can supportably rest upon said horizontal portions of said bail ears.

2. In a handle for a cylindrical vessel, a substantially circular fiat spring band for encircling V the vessel and split to provide separable free ends,

means on said free ends arranged to be interengaged to releasably constrict said band on the vessel, said band being formed between its ends with a portion radially outwardly offset with respect to the center of the band providing shoulders at its opposite ends, and a hanging element comprising a loop projecting radially outwardly from said band with respect to the center of said band and above the level of said band, said loop having depending end portions engaging 4 said offset portion of the band between said shoulders with at least one of said depending end portions being bent around said ofiset portion so as to secure said hanging element to said band and prevent movement of said hanging element along said band.

3. A handle for a handleless cylindrical vessel, said handle comprising a flat spring band for encircling the vessel and split to provide separable ends, means on said separable ends arranged to be interengaged to releasably lock said band in constricted relation to the vessel under tension, said band being bent at circumferentially spaced points to provide laterally outwardly projecting substantially C-shaped eyes serving to increase the expansibility of said band and the constrictive tension thereof, bail ears inserted vertically through said eyes and having vertically spaced portions engaging the upper and lower edges of said eye's whereby the bail ears are assembled to said band, and a bail handle extending across said band having its ends pivoted to said bail ears, said bail ears having lateral projections on one side thereof laterally displaced with respect to the pivotal axes of the bail handle ends and. under which the bail handle ends are arranged to engage to hold the bail handle horizontally in a plane parallel to said band, said projections being engageable by the bail handle ends in the erect position of said bail handle to hold the bail handle against pivoting out of perpendicular position in one direction.

ZED CUNNINGHAM.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 334,922 Alston Jan. 26, 1886 911,583 Focht Feb. 9, 1909 1,512,875 Byam Oct. 21, 1924 1,599,278 Kass Sept. 7, 1926 1,698,915 Kircher Jan. 15, 1929 2,249,144 Kleina July 15, 1941 2,537,928 Churchill Jan. 9, 1951 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 839,283 France Dec. 26, 1938 

